Crowds thronged for tickets after a surprise announcement that Guns N’ Roses would play a concert Friday night at West Hollywood’s famed Troubadour music venue.
This is the first time Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan have performed together onstage since their infamous Buenos Aires gig on July 17th, 1993. Hundreds of die-hard fans had queued up for only 250 tickets that were on sale.
The band announced on its website and in a press release that a limited number of tickets at a very old-school price of $10 apiece would be available at noon at the former location of the famous Tower Records store on the Sunset Strip.
TV news helicopters showed a long line of fans stretching from the store and down the street.
The band, which formed in the mid-1980s, is about to embark on a reunion tour featuring Axl Rose and Slash.
(With AP inputs.)